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Timbercorp Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 1-5, 2007
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Stage 4 - August 2: Orbost - Lakes Entrance, 113.7km
Picking the wrong plank
Stage four was marred by accidents as the riders came to grief on what seems to be the Australian equalivant of Belgium's cobbles. Pick 'a' plank bridges are scattered throughout the Australian countryside and are made of Australian hardwood laid length ways. Gaps just wide enough for a typical 23mm racing tyre to slip into are designed so that the timber can expand in Australia's harsh summer heat, but these same expansion gaps become major hazard to cyclists.
One bridge in particular brought three riders in the leading break away down, with one rider, Jack Anderson losing a tooth as well as suffering a suspected fractured jaw and requiring six stitches to his chin after he was taken to the Lakes Entrance Hospital.
Not long after Anderson's incident Tour leader, Matt King of Northern Territory came to grief on the same wooden bridge. Although slightly concussed and suffering some minor facial injuries, King was able to finish the stage. He lost considerable time to the winner and his nearest challengers, Chris Jory and Zak Dempster ending his hopes of overall victory in the Tour.
This was without doubt the toughest stage of the Tour so far. Young 19 year old William Ford of Ararat made amends for two falls on day one with a stunning victory, breaking away from his fellow escapee once they hit the Lakes Entrance Township before the almost uphill finish.
"I came down here on Tuesday and had a good look at the finish, so I knew where the turns were and knew when to attack," explained Ford of his planned attack.
Ford finished just seconds ahead of Queensland duo Grant Irwin and Cameron Hughes.
Dempster held on grimly to finish fifth in the stage with Jory not far back in eighth, but it was enough for Dempster to take over the lead, 13 seconds ahead of Jory.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- A rural scene on stage four of the 2007 Timbercorp Tour of Gippsland
- Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) in action during stage four from Orbost to Lakes Entrance
- Sid Taberlay (TIS/Cyclingnews.com) leads the early breakaway on a climb near Orbost
- The leaders descend nearing Buchan on stage four of the Tour
- An early break of seven riders which then became six had a lead of almost two minutes at one point in the stage
- Riders come to roadworks where a bridge had been destroyed during the recent floods in the Gippsland region
- At the back of the race on a bridge that caused havoc with riders up-ahead
- Jack Anderson (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) suffered facial injuries which needed six stitches after falling at a bridge near Buchan
- Tour leader Matt King inspects his shades after crashing at a bridge on stage four
- Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com) takes a 'Victoria the place to be' intermediate sprint point win into Buchan
- The yellow jersey wearer, Matt King, suffered mild concussion after a fall but gamely battled on to finish the stage into Lakes Entrance
- William Ford (South Australia.com) snuck away with Cameron Hughes (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) heading into the final thirty kilometres
- William Ford (South Australia.com) drives the leading group towards the finish to stage four in Lakes Entrance
- A South Australia.com trio; (L-R) Zak Dempster, Cameron Meyer and William Ford in the leading group towards the finish to stage four
- William Ford (South Australia.com) goes on the attack again and appeared determined to win the stage
- Ben Mather (Praties from Tasmania in the lead group and riding into a top three on the General Classification
- And now Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com) goes on the attack, looking to repeat his success from the morning's stage
- William Ford leads Stephen Robb and Cameron Hughes towards Lakes Entrance with 15 kilometres remaining
- William Ford (South Australia.com) points to the sky and wins stage four into Lakes Entrance
- South Australia.com drink Solo - a thirst crusher after a long day in the saddle
- The podium spray (L-R): Grant Irwin (2nd,Ord Minnett/Triple Play), William Ford (1st,South Australia.com) and Cameron Hughes (3rd,Ord Minnett/Triple Play)
- New Tour leader Zak Dempster (right) consoles former leader Matt King after he crashed and lost time as well as his yellow jersey on stage four
Results
1 William Ford (Vic) 3.00.11 2 Grant Irwin (Qld) 0.03 3 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 0.05 4 Steven Robb (Vic) 0.07 5 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 1.27 6 Ben Mather (Tas) 7 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 1.33 8 Chris Jory (NSW) 1.36 9 Peter Herzig (NSW) 1.53 10 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3.33 11 Chris Pryor (Qld) 4.42 12 Simon Pearson (SA) 5.13 13 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 5.16 14 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 5.24 15 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 16 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 5.27 17 Peter Milostic (NSW) 5.31 18 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5.35 19 Mark O'brien (Vic) 5.36 20 Matt King (NT) 20.13 21 Damien Turner (Vic) 22.56 22 Andrew Ward (Vic) 23 Cameron Carlyle (Vic) 24 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 25 Brendan Jones (NSW) 26 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 27 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 28 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 29 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 30 Sean Finning (Vic) 31 Tom Southam (GBr) 32 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 33 Robbie Cater (NSW) 34 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 35 Luke Cridland (NSW) 36 Peter Smith (Vic) 37 Tony Mann (Qld) 38 Jack Hudson (Qld) 39 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 40 Tom Middleton (SA) 41 Alexander Machin (Vic) 42 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 43 Christopher D’Amelio (Vic) 44 Miles Watson (Vic) 45 Glen Peterson (Vic) 46 Danny Kah (Vic) 47 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 48 James Henry (Vic) 49 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 23.07 50 Gilbert Gutowski (Qld) 33.53 51 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) 52 Samuel Rix (Vic) 53 Nathan Wise (Vic) 54 Gary Mueller (Vic) 55 Will Dickeson (SA) 36.37 56 Bradley Clark (NSW) 39.46 57 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 52.23 58 Grant Webster (Vic) DNF Jack Anderson (Qld) DNF Gavin Nicholls (Qld) Sprints Sprint 1 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Chris Jory (NSW) 1 Sprint 2 1 Peter Herzig (NSW) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 1 Mountains Mountains 1 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5 pts 2 Tom Southam (GBr) 3 3 Will Dickeson (SA) 2 Mountains 2 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5 pts 2 Tom Southam (GBr) 3 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 Mountains 3 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5 pts 2 Simon Pearson (SA) 3 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 Mountains 4 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 7 pts 2 Tom Southam (GBr) 5 3 Simon Pearson (SA) 3 Mountains 5 1 Peter Herzig (NSW) 5 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 3 3 Tom Southam (GBr) 2 Mountains 6 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5 pts 2 Steven Robb (Vic) 3 3 Chris Jory (NSW) 2 Mountains 7 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 5 pts 2 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 3 3 Chris Jory (NSW) 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 pts General classification after stage 4 1 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 7.21.59 2 Chris Jory (NSW) 0.06 3 Ben Mather (Tas) 0.37 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 1.02 5 Peter Herzig (NSW) 2.02 6 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 2.47 7 Chris Pryor (Qld) 3.37 8 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 4.17 9 Steven Robb (Vic) 4.19 10 Cameron Meyer (WA) 4.27 11 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 7.05 12 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 7.44 13 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 8.25 14 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 8.41 15 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 9.17 16 Simon Pearson (SA) 9.26 17 Peter Milostic (NSW) 9.50 18 Mark O'brien (Vic) 9.55 19 William Ford (Vic) 10.21 20 Matt King (NT) 18.14 21 Sean Finning (Vic) 23.55 22 Robbie Cater (NSW) 25.12 23 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 25.19 24 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 25.21 25 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 25.24 26 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 25.32 27 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 25.45 28 Damien Turner (Vic) 27.15 29 Brendan Jones (NSW) 30 Cameron Carlyle (Vic) 31 Christopher D’Amelio (Vic) 32 Danny Kah (Vic) 33 Miles Watson (Vic) 29.11 34 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 29.13 35 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 30.03 36 Tom Middleton (SA) 31.13 37 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 31.24 38 Tom Southam (GBr) 33.15 39 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 35.35 40 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 41 Jack Hudson (Qld) 42 Andrew Ward (Vic) 36.32 43 Tony Mann (Qld) 37.11 44 Peter Smith (Vic) 37.40 45 Alexander Machin (Vic) 46 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 39.37 47 Nathan Wise (Vic) 41.17 48 Will Dickeson (SA) 42.54 49 James Henry (Vic) 44.05 50 Samuel Rix (Vic) 45.24 51 Luke Cridland (NSW) 48.03 52 Glen Peterson (Vic) 50.02 53 Bradley Clark (NSW) 54.17 54 Gilbert Gutowski (Qld) 56.49 55 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 1.11.47 56 Gary Mueller (Vic) 1.12.29 57 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) 1.20.32 58 Grant Webster (Vic) 1.49.06 Points 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 41 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 26 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 17 4 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 16 5 Grant Irwin (Qld) 15 6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 9 7 Matt King (NT) 9 8 Chris Pryor (Qld) 8 9 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 8 10 Peter Herzig (NSW) 7 11 Sean Finning (Vic) 7 12 Robbie Cater (NSW) 6 13 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 4 14 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 3 15 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 3 16 Tony Mann (Qld) 2 17 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 1 18 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 1 19 Chris Jory (NSW) 1 20 Jack Anderson (Qld) 1 21 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 1 Mountains 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 37 pts 2 Matt King (NT) 28 3 Chris Jory (NSW) 23 4 Tom Southam (GBr) 15 5 Peter Herzig (NSW) 10 6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 7 7 Simon Pearson (SA) 6 8 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 6 9 Chris Pryor (Qld) 5 10 Jack Anderson (Qld) 4 11 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 4 12 Steven Robb (Vic) 3 13 William Ford (Vic) 3 14 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 2 15 Will Dickeson (SA) 2 Criterium 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 19 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 17 3 Grant Irwin (Qld) 13 4 Robbie Cater (NSW) 12 5 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 10 6 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 8 7 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 7 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 6 9 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 5 10 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 4 11 Sean Finning (Vic) 3 12 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 13 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 2 14 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Matt King (NT) 2 4 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 5 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2
